Be gracious especially when your computer crashes.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

Painted Cottage Box Lion Stare

For the past week things around the house have been crazy. There are times when energies build up and all of a sudden everything seems to go wrong. But do they go wrong or is our perception gone askew. When it happens all at once you may feel the universe is conspiring against you. Maybe you believe you are experiencing a run of bad luck. In the past I would have agreed until I realized just recently nothing ever happens to you that you can not make into a positive. This is not about faith and religion; it is about knowing. I know there are fairies among us just as there are angels, spirits and guides both animal and ancestral. They assist you when you need help and show you the truth when you ask. It is a subject most people ignore because they are afraid of being labeled crazy or a new age fanatic. So why do I know these things are real. Simply because I have seen them myself. After this past week I now do not question the positive lessons in everything that has gone right, not wrong.

It started with my computer crashing, a fatal crash. It was acting up again and just as I was attempting to restore the system I lost power just for a minute but at a crucial point. I tried to get the system back up but it was beyond my capabilities. So I found someone close by and took the computer there to hopefully be fixed. It turned out to be a neighbor. He did what he could, added some things, saved my files and gave me some great advise. I am grateful my guides helped me find him. Just before calling him I had spent an hour or so looking for any info or discs that would have come with the computer to help my dilemma and had torn apart the house only to not find anything for this computer, old one yes. I finally gave up my search and stopped. I sat down quietly surrounded in the chaos and asked for help. It was Spirit or maybe the fairies or guides that guided me to get the help from a neighbor. No longer seeing the situation as a problem and found the blessing in this experience, I met a wonderful person and my computer is working better than ever with all my files saved. The next day I received an order covering my cost and more. This is happening all the time not getting money but answers and I know it is because I have changed my perception. Yes I tore apart my house but now I am reorganizing it and the energy in the house is flowing.

Years and not an easy ones brings me to this realization. You can read all the books and watch all the videos and attend all the seminars but until the switch is turned on you are only a believer. When things start making sense is when you know it is so. Words are not enough but you know the feeling when you arrive. Gratitude joy happiness even when your computer crashes.

Creating intention through a Creation Box.

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

I found this idea when reading a post on a favorite site called Heal Your Life. The post was from the fabulous duo Esther and Jerry Hicks (big Fan). The first paragraph starts I quote,

Do you want to give the Universe more specific information about the things that you desire most to attract them into your life? Then it’s time to create the Magical Creation Box. Followed by…

To begin the Magical Creation Box process, find a nice-looking box, one that is pleasing to you when you see it. On the lid, in a conspicuous place that you will easily notice, write the words: Whatever is contained in this box—IS!

To read the entire post CLICK HERE

I feel the universe was telling me to provide people with this box, a Creation Box. My Inspiration Box was designed to inspire but now it is so much more. Thanks to this post I feel my lovely box is now complete with purpose. It comes with printed instructions and when the job is finished a beautiful Keepsake Box ready for the next task.

Painted Keepsake Creation Box with Colorful Garden and Handcrafted Bird

My Keepsake Creation Box is hand painted box with lift off lid and features a hand sculpted wren perched on top of the lid. Painted with a garden scene (it reminds me of Monet‘s Garden) and sky that completely wraps around the box. On the top edge the box lid says “Whatever is contained in this box…IS.” The purpose for a Creation Box is to help you create a life of intention.

The Creation Box idea is from Esther and Jerry Hicks, Whom I greatly admire. My intention is this box will help you create what Esther and Jerry Hicks state, To begin the Magical Creation Box process, find a nice-looking box, one that is pleasing to you when you see it. On the lid, in a conspicuous place that you will easily notice, write the words: Whatever is contained in this box—IS!

Instruction: How to attract all you need with a Creation Box included with each Keepsake Box.

Inside dimensions 4 3/4 square and is 5 1/2 tall.The bird adds another 2″ to the top.
Overall: 7″H x 7″W

Also great addition to you country Farmhouse.
Custom Order your box with a special quote or flowers(allow 2-4 weeks)…
Guaranteed to make a Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary Gift Very Special.

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Fairy Houses?

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

I really can get giddy thinking about what I have just started. So let me tell you this much it was not planned. I was working on some bird houses for my shop basically for the upcoming spring season. Thought they might be a good addition and it helps me stay connected to the outside world – the birdie world that is. I had just received a note from an old friend who worked with me when I was in the flower business. It brought back some great memories and I noticed how much I missed working with natural things. I had to leave the business because I developed a severe case of skin dermatitis that progressively worsened over the years. But I guess you never really walk away from your passions. I realized that although I love to create things in wood and paint I also enjoy working with natural elements. To smell the moss or to tear pine cones or to scavenger around for the perfect tree limb and then to meld these elements together creating something wonderful or in this case dare I say magical.

I have worked at being more open to my surroundings and my thoughts, what is the world trying to tell me kind of thing. As I work I usually find myself drifting along in thought about this and that and not truly paying attention to any of it. I think we miss a lot of information by shrugging our thoughts off as just daydreaming or your mind wondering. So I have stayed focused and trying to understand what I or others might be telling me. So as I was putting together the birdhouses, as plain as can be, I started to see these little houses of sticks and moss and bark and pine cones with little stick furniture and fireplaces. Cabins and cottages, rustic and chic, big and small and the images just kept flooding into my conscientiousness. I had to get these ideas down. I sketched that night and all I could think of was how to put it all together. I constructed my first house the next morning. Everything has just fallen into place. I call it my Woodland Cottage and it has a twig bed and table and a big twig chair. Inside and outside of the cottage is adorned with bark and lichens and mosses which I found outside my house. Fallen branches,bark from trees and mosses were all around. Then I remembered my bag filled with all these wonderful things I have collected all taken from nature. Now I know why, it is all for these wonderful little houses, fairy houses. And it is for the Fairies, my wonderful new little friends, I am switching gears. I am creating a new line of fairy houses and furnishings under a new name. I would like to thank the fairies. I think it was their hand behind this recent inspiration.

Stay tuned for pictures and info about these cottages.